Can touchy feely robots help you with laundry?
Artificial "skin" sensors can help robots get a grip on fabric, researchers report. It may be a step to having them help out with laundry.
Source: futurity.org
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Artificial "skin" sensors can help robots get a grip on fabric, researchers report. It may be a step to having them help out with laundry.
Researchers have created open-source touch-sensing “skin” employed to help robots feel layers of cloth instead of depending on vision sensors to perceive them.
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